Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Mar 23, 2014)

The False Claim



Sunday had finally come for Detective Kelvin Wallace. It was the day of the auction. He was an avid collector of antique items. He was looking for something from the collection of a king, especially Louis XIV, as he did not have any of his items.



Finally, the collection of King Louis XIV came up for auction. The first item was a bathing towel which was supposedly used every day by King Louis XIV. Everyone was eager to get his hands on the old torn piece of cloth, but Detective Wallace knew that it was a fake piece and decided to leave the auction hall immediately.



How did he know that the towel was fake?





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PEG MAN: Record Breaker Kelvin Mercado Clips HUNDREDS of Peg to His Face!

With a NEW Record of 163 Pegs!

His name is Kelvin Mercado is one of our featured record holders at Ripley’s Believe it or Not! for pinning the most clothes pins to his face!

We’re such big fans that he is THE COVER of our newest book fresh off the press: Completely Awesome!

Peg Man’s Exclusive Photo Shoot

We like Kelvin so much we flew him to Orlando, Florida to Ripley’s headquarters to have a full day photo shoot with him. And now we have some fantastic photos and time lapses of Kelvin’s process of clipping the pins on his face! It was here where he set his pervios record of 161 pins.

He broke the record again soon after, pushing the number to 163 pins at an exclusive Ripley’s Books event!

Particularly elastic skin

Kelvin’s skin is slight more elastic than average which makes it easier for him to stick so many pegs on it at one. The pins cover his face so completely that he uses the same pattern because he can’t see once the pins start to cover most of his face!

Don’t think it hurts enough already?

It hurts, but Kelvin now seeks not only be known for the most amount of pegs pinned to his face but to be the first to pin THOUSANDS of these clothes pegs on his entire body!

And you can see the video itself using our Oddscan APP when if you have our latest book Dare To Look!

Exclusive Video!

See the whole process and the behind the scenes as he puts three different types of clothes pins on his face in his successful attempt to break the record!

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The Immovable Ladder, a wooden ladder in Jerusalem…

There is a wooden ladder in Jerusalem that cannot be moved due to conflicts between the Armenian and Greek Orthodox church. Called the Immovable Ladder, it has remained in the same exact location since the 18th century. The ladder is referred to as immovable due to the fact that no cleric of the six ecumenical Christian orders may move, rearrange, or alter any property without the consent of all six orders.

Some time in the first half of the 19th century, someone has placed a ladder up against the wall of the church. No one is sure who he was, or more importantly, to which sect he belonged. The immovable ladder remains there to this date. No one dares touch it, lest they disturb the status quo, and provoke the wrath of others. The exact date when ladder was placed is not known but the first evidence of it comes from 1852.

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Today in History for 22nd March 2014

Historical Events

1933 - FDR makes wine and beer with up to 3.2% alcohol legal

1939 - Lithuania state, forced to give Memel territory to Germany

1975 - "Letter for Queen Victoria" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 18 perfs

1981 - 1st class postage raised to 18 cents from 15 cents

1996 - STS 76 (Atlantis 16), launches into orbit

2006 - BC Ferries' M/V Queen of the North runs aground on Gil Island British Columbia and sinks; 101 on board, 2 presumed deaths.

More Historical Events »

Famous Birthdays

1212 - Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (d. 1235)

1599 - Anthony Van Dyck, Flemish painter (Charles I of England)

1908 - Maurice H Stans, Shakope Minn, Secretary of Commerce (1969-72)

1921 - Wilhelmus Norbert Schmelzer, Netherland, foreign minister (KVP)

1928 - Ed Macauley, NBAer (Boston Celtics)

1933 - Chris Duckworth, cricketer (South African batsman v England 1956-57)

More Famous Birthdays »

Famous Deaths

1777 - John Bartram, father of American botany, dies at 77

1929 - Anton Beer-Walbrun, composer, dies at 64

1951 - J Willem Mengelberg, Dutch conductor (Mattheus Passion), dies at 79

1958 - Michael Todd, producer (Around the World in 80 Days), dies at 56

1971 - Martin Bodmer, writer, dies

1996 - Don Murray, American musician (The Turtles) (b. 1945)

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Brain Teaser 3/22/2014

It's About Money



1. Grandpa was feeling generous, so he gave a total of $100 to his five grandchildren. Starting with the youngest, each got $2.00 more than the next younger one. In other words, the youngest got one sum, the next got $2.00 more, and so on. How much did the youngest grandchild get?



2. If you could have a penny a day for 30 days, doubled every day, or $10,000 right now, which would give you more money?

Solution

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Former US President Calvin Coolidge (1924-28) enjoyed…

Former US President Calvin Coolidge (1924-28) enjoyed “buzzing for his bodyguards and then hiding under his desk as they frantically searched for him”.

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The phrase “The luck of the Irish” is actually meant…

The phrase “The luck of the Irish” is actually meant to be offensive. It’s as if to say: “only by sheer luck, as opposed to brains, could these fools succeed”.

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In 1859 there was a coronal mass ejection so intense…

In 1859 there was a coronal mass ejection so intense it shocked telegraph operators and set their equipment on fire. Another such event missed Earth by just 9 days in 2012. Supposedly it was strong enough to take down our entire satellite system and cause significant damage to electrical grids on the ground. One paper even claims that it could have caused $2.6 Trillion in damages worldwide.

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Gorillas have been known to…

Gorillas have been known to pick up and gently pet frogs.

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There is a woman who was given the legal birth name…

There is a woman who was given the legal birth name of Marijuana Pepsi Jackson.

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LSD cured a holocaust survivor…

LSD cured a holocaust survivor from Auschwitz’s PTSD and allowed him to sleep for the first time in 30 years without nightmares.

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Scientologists collectively won the Pigasus award…

‘Scientologists’ collectively won the Pigasus award, a satirical award given to those who advocate pseudoscientific theories, in 2009. They were under the category, ‘Refusal to face reality’.

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